JAPANGLE: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

JAPANGLE is a new series of educational entertainment programs that puts a spotlight on various aspects of Japan. Using puppets as the main characters, Professor Arrow and his assistant Vector, to introduce Japan, the omnibus style program highlights Japan from a foreigner's point of view. Each episode looks at a characteristic Japanese topic from 4 different angles: design, history, technique, and spirit.

Series details

• Title: JAPANGLE
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2017-03-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-05-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 47933
• TVDB ID: 326118

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-03-24; final listed air date 2017-03-25.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-02-11; final listed air date 2018-03-31.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-07-14; final listed air date 2019-07-14.
• Season 4: premiered 2020-05-04; final listed air date 2020-05-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from JAPANGLE on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.